Key figures in Manson case: Cult disciples, rich and famous

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was 50 years ago this week that Charles Manson dispatched a group of disaffected young followers on a two-night killing rampage that terrorized Los Angeles. Members of the Manson “family” arrived at the Hollywood Hills home of Sharon Tate on Aug. 8, 1969, where they stabbed, beat and shot to... Read More

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Charles Manson

August 6, 2019

Manson prosecutor: Keep them all locked up forever

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Kay was a fresh-faced prosecutor just 27 years old and three years out of law school when circumstances handed him the Charles Manson “family” murder case . Over the next half-century, it would come to define his career and lead to death threats that to this day he worries a... Read More

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Charles Manson

June 4, 2019

California governor won’t free Manson follower Van Houten

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom overruled a parole board’s decision to free Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten on Monday, marking the third time a governor has stopped the release of the youngest member of Manson’s murderous cult. Van Houten, 69, is still a threat, Newsom said, though she has spent nearly... Read More

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Charles Manson, Leslie Van Houten

May 9, 2018

Charles Manson’s purported sons could be out of estate fight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the purported sons of Charles Manson could soon be out of the legal battle over the late cult leader’s estate after failing to show up in court. Matthew Lentz, who claims he was fathered by Manson at a 1967 orgy, looked disheveled and frazzled when he arrived Tuesday at... Read More

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Charles Manson

March 8, 2018

Charles Manson corpse not expected to be on ice much longer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The body of murder mastermind Charles Manson may soon be put to rest after a Kern County Superior Court commissioner said Wednesday that she would rule soon in the dispute over who can collect his remains. The tussle has been evolving since the 83-year-old who orchestrated the 1969 killings of pregnant... Read More

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Charles Manson

February 1, 2018

Manson corpse case on ice for another month in heirs dispute

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The corpse of Charles Manson will remain in a morgue for at least another month while would-be heirs and a friend wait for a court hearing to fight over his remains. A Kern County Superior Court commissioner on Wednesday set a March 7 hearing in the dispute that includes a son... Read More

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Charles Manson

January 27, 2018

Kin seeks Manson corpse to put ‘so-called monster’ to rest

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fight for the corpse of Charles Manson was thrown out of a Los Angeles court Friday, as another potential heir stepped into the case and the grandson of the cult leader made an emotional plea to a judge. In a hearing to determine the venue for legal battles over Manson’s... Read More

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Charles Manson

January 26, 2018

Judge to pick battlefield for court fight over Manson’s body

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Manson orchestrated murders in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, served time in a state prison in Corcoran and died in a hospital in Bakersfield. The legal battle for his body or possessions could land in any of three California counties where those cities are located as friends and purported... Read More

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Charles Manson

January 20, 2018

Governor denies parole for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The governor of California once again denied parole Friday for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson who blamed herself at her parole hearing for letting him control her life. Gov. Jerry Brown said in his decision that Van Houten still lays too much of the... Read More

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Charles Manson, Leslie Van Houten

January 8, 2018

Judge aims to referee fight over Charles Manson’s remains

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The fight over the body and possessions of apocalyptic cult leader Charles Manson has fragmented into at least three camps competing over an estate that could cash in on songs he wrote that were used by The Beach Boys and Guns N’ Roses. Manson, 83, died in November nearly a half-century... Read More

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Charles Manson

November 21, 2017

Charles Manson used charm to turn youths into mass killers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In summer 1969, a scruffy ex-convict with a magnetic hold on young women sent some of his disciples into the night to carry out a series of gruesome killings in Los Angeles. In so doing, Charles Manson became the leering face of evil on front pages across America and rewrote the... Read More

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Charles Manson

November 20, 2017

Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the summer of 1969, a scruffy ex-convict with a magnetic hold on young women sent some of his disciples into the night to carry out a series of gruesome killings in Los Angeles. In so doing, Charles Manson became the leering face of evil on front pages across America and... Read More

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Charles Manson, Death, Murder

Key figures in Manson case: Cult disciples, rich and famous

Manson prosecutor: Keep them all locked up forever

California governor won’t free Manson follower Van Houten

Charles Manson’s purported sons could be out of estate fight

Charles Manson corpse not expected to be on ice much longer

Manson corpse case on ice for another month in heirs dispute

Kin seeks Manson corpse to put ‘so-called monster’ to rest

Judge to pick battlefield for court fight over Manson’s body

Governor denies parole for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten

Judge aims to referee fight over Charles Manson’s remains

Charles Manson used charm to turn youths into mass killers

Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dies

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